Rolling Obituary Thread: 2020

RIP. Just recently saw his other big, black-armored role of 1977, as the bad guy knight in Gilliam's Jabberwocky.

Papa Bouba Diop, Senegal football legend, 42.

Any links SV?

fucking hell he scored the goal against France in the 1-0 in 2002 I think, he can't be that old.

https://www.sports.fr/football/international/papa-bouba-diop-decede-402731.html

He had apparently been ill for a while.

Tks

Science fiction author Ben Bova - dead at 88 from covid complications + stroke
https://www.tor.com/2020/11/30/legendary-science-fiction-author-ben-bova-has-passed-at-the-age-of-88/

Anne Sylvestre, French singer-songwriter, 86. RIP.

In news that means nothing to anybody but me and one other ilxor, Buff Hardie.

BBC News - Last of Scotland The What? trio Buff Hardie dies at 89
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-55149611

one other ilxor

Hi dere! RIP Buff Hardie :-(

https://djmag.com/news/leon-chue-dubplate-specialist-and-master-cutting-engineer-has-died

Leon Chue

"The legendary figure in UK music production, who specialised in drum & bass and jungle dubplates, passed away in his mid-'40s.

The son of roots reggae producer Paul Chue, and brother of UK garage legend Wookie, Chue worked at London's Music House mastering studio for over 20 years, after joining the family business back in 1995."

Tony Hsieh, former Zappos CEO, from injuries sustained in a house fire while visiting family in Connecticut for Thanksgiving.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, November 28, 2020 12:26 AM (four days ago)

So this story has taken a turn, Tony was staying in a guest cottage at a former colleague/"soul mate"'s house in Connecticut and had been on a whippet & hard booze bender. They say that he had an affinity for candles as well, making the cottage a veritable powder keg of various gas canisters, liquid accelerant and a flame source.

WWE legend and the first Intercontinental champion, Pat Patterson, 79

Now here's a loss

Hugh Keays-Byrne, an unsung hero of Aussie cinema, has passed away at age 73. I'm continually floored that he played Toecutter, the central antagonist of 1979's MAD MAX *and* Immortan Joe, the central antagonist 2015's MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. Thanks for all the entertainment, sir. pic.twitter.com/55W99w3wzq

— Ted Geoghegan (@tedgeoghegan) December 2, 2020

Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. He was 86.

nooooo i love Hugh!

such a unique character actor, he did a lot of stage/shakespeare as well iirc

great in the aussie biker classic “Stone” too

I just watched OG Mad Max again last week. So sad, RIP.

Along with Rafer Johnson, George Plimpton and Rosey Grier were also helping to subdue Sirhan Sirhan. What a weird scene. Grier is the last alive, at 88.

Sirhan is still alive, 74.

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France (1974-1981), 94. RIP.

... people you thought were dead.

Last president to ok a guillotining iirc so

more men shd be called valery

A lot of them are in Russia.

Most humane method of execution imho

Living in Russia?

I wonder why dignitas don't use guillotines then!

I would think firing squad

the Nazis were quite fond of guillotines as well

It's certainly quick, and the stories about heads living on for a while are clearly nonsense. Would be highly entertaining if Dignitas used them, yes!

Very few complaints back, off the top of my head anyway

Most humane method of execution imho

That's was its USP during the French Revolution.

when Antonescu and his fascist cronies got liquidated by firing squad, one of them takes a sad look at his hat for a second and then seems to have a "hmmm I won't be needing this any more" moment and disconsolately drops it to the ground. And I think Antonescu defiantly raised his hat before the hail of bullets. Firing squad is a good icebreaker, it cuts through all the posturing and office politics!

Hugh Keays-Byrne, an unsung hero of Aussie cinema, has passed away at age 73. I'm continually floored that he played Toecutter, the central antagonist of 1979's MAD MAX *and* Immortan Joe, the central antagonist 2015's MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. Thanks for all the entertainment, sir.

RIP. Ride eternal, shiny and chrome!

Firing squad is a good icebreaker, it cuts through all the posturing and office politics!

Too bad it turned Dostoevsky into a pan-Slavic religious bigot. Can't argue with the novels that followed tho.

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France (1974-1981), 94. RIP.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:15 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

no joke was coming here to post him in "Last famous person ..."

weird. RIP.

tbf dostoevsky was facing a bulletless firing squad, very different effects iirc

... people you thought were dead.

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France (1974-1981), 94. RIP.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 4:15 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

no joke was coming here to post him in "Last famous person ..."

weird. RIP.

budo and breastcrawl confirmed psionic killers.

I should change my last name to d’Estaing

en d'estaing

Giscard's father officially appended 'd'Estaing' to his name in 1922, after his ancestor Lucie-Madeleine d'Estaing (1769-1844).

budo and breastcrawl confirmed psionic killers.

The shitty joke in French is that it was his destin (destiny), which is pronounced just like d'Estaing.

Da Stang

« Le Fabuleux D’estaign de Valéry Giscard »

Well played. :)

I have been to Estaing. It’s beautiful.

...but have you ever been to you?

Ha, I’ve also been to Paradise (Pennsylvania)!